Tag Archives: old
Our recycled kitchen – a makeover from new to old
Around this time last year I posted that my dearly beloved had ripped out the kitchen due to us finding a retro cooker that we wanted to install. It just felt rude to bung such a nice nostalgic beast in … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Our recycled home
Tagged kitchen, kitchen makeover, old, recycled, retro, thrifty, vintage
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Sew old skool
I have been sewing since I got my first second hand machine for my eleventh birthday. I got into it immediately, once my aunty passed on her know-how. I felt such achievement whipping up easy pencil cases and cushion covers. I never … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Our recycled home, Thrifty
Tagged antique, machines, old, retro, second hand, sewing, singer, vintage
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Ten new uses for old teacups
What IS it that is so tantalising about a vintage tea cup? Is it its daintiness, a fragility that makes you feel kind of feminine? Is it the beautifully detailed roses, or bright, retro colours? The love of tea cups … Continue reading
It’s a shelf, yeah, made out of a book.
Anyone following me on Pinterest would think I have a mild obsession with shelving. I have been trying to get inspired about out bedroom walls which have been bare since we painted them a year ago. I have pinned shelves … Continue reading
Posted in Craftiness, DIY, Our recycled home, Thrifty
Tagged book, diy, old, repurpose, shelf
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Secondhand- how low can you go?
We have found some totally schwing things around the streets in the last week or so. Stuff we have uncannily been in need of. I kid you not, the day Tim found this haul below, including massive enamel bowls, we … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Green things, Thrifty
Tagged finding, free, gross, nasty, old, secondhand, street, things, worst
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My humble hoody
Let me introduce some little guys to you. They belong to my favourite hoody, the jumper I have worn every winter for 7 years: Pin It I bought this hoody when Tim and I first started going out, from a … Continue reading
Old Soldiers and things in jars – a few thrifty toys
THRIFTY! Den, den, deeeh, de den den dehhh! (To the tune of “FOXY!” as sung by Wayne and Garth) It is due to a mixture of cheapskateness and environmental consciousness that I have yet to buy Ramona a single new … Continue reading
Posted in Finding things, Our recycled home, Parenting, Thrifty
Tagged charity shops, children, development, homemade, kids, old, play, retro, thrifty, toys, vintage
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